Lot 359
  • 359

A Pair of Victorian silver-gilt large ginger jars, R. & S. Garrard, London, 1875

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Description

  • height 18 1/2in. (47cm)
in Charles II style, embossed with winged putti amongst swirling acanthus and swags of flowers and fruit, matching high domed covers with large knop finials, engraved with arms, marked on bases and covers

Catalogue Note

One coat of arms is that of Cust quartering Brownlow with an annulet for difference.  The other is that of Cust impaling Lascelles with an annulet and label for difference.  The latter coat of arms is that of John Francis Cust, Lt. Col. Late Grenadier Guards, 1825-1903, and his wife Lady Florence Harriet Lascelles, 4th daughter of Henry 3rd Earl of Harewood, whom he married in 1861.  He was the nephew of 1st Earl Brownlow.  The other coat of arms is that of his parents, Peregrine Francis and Lady Isabella Mary Montague Scott, 3rd daughter of William 4th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.